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kindness of strangers

These good news tales about the kindness of strangers are intended to be uplifting and give readers faith in humanity.

a yellow Heron Foods carrier bag filled with crisps.

Helping a stranger with their shopping.

“I helped a stranger with their shopping bags” No kindness is too small to shout about so tell us one small act you’ve seen, done, or received today. Remind yourself how much kindness exists if you’re struggling to think of one with these stories: Kind act to teen stays with them forever. Who photographs the […]

A view across a road towards a road that goes up into a row of houses. On the corner someone is bending over to pick something up with two dogs on leads beside them

Poo bags for dog owner.

“We were walking the dogs and across the road someone realised she had no poo bags and shouted across to ask if we had any. We gave her one of ours.” The poo bag panic is real among dog owners so we know a lot of you can relate to this! What kindness have you

A sign with parking information next to a parking meter, behind them a large field with trees dotted around on a grey day.

Help with parking ticket machine.

“I helped a lady with the ticket machine. Her ticket hadn’t come out and we couldn’t figure out why. I got mine and hers came out with it but stuck together as if it hadn’t been properly cut, so I helped separate them.” We love stories of everyday kindness like this – do you have

a burger with salad in a burger bun on a plate with a cone of chips beside it.

Free burger from stranger.

“I got a free cheese burger. The guy behind me paid cuz my phone was playing up.” What a wonderful act of kindness. We’ve had a few stories about free food recently. What kindness have you seen today? Get inspired with some other examples: Holy Brook Accountants implement kindness. Teenagers need softness too. Cullompton is

a tap on off machine outside a Transport for Wales train station.

Help tap out at train station.

“I helped a man who was struggling to tap out at the station.” No kindness is too small to celebrate, so tell us a tiny kind act you noticed today. Or read some more examples of the kindness happening every day: Kindness from couple in Orpington. People wearing masks in hospital during flu season. Taxi

a German library or book shop filled with books in different sections

German books from stranger on the internet.

“I asked for German sci-fi books for my middle kid, who is struggling with his German grammar. He’s dyslexic and loves reading my scifi books in English, to the detriment of his German. I asked on the internet, and I got a lot of fantastic advice, including from someone who replied and said he had

a round black sign with Orpington along the top, with a dancing horse in a red circle above it, and a rooster, pub. stylised tree, and river in the main circle of the sign, and the number 2000 below it.

Kindness from couple in Orpington.

“The electric bus on the 358 route from Orpington to Crystal Palace was delayed for an hour and I got chatting to the couple at the bus stop. I was on my way to Bromley for eye surgery so I was considering an alternative route and whether that would actually make me even later. The

A Lidl show viewed from outside. The car park is visible beyond the doors with people walking to and from their cars.

Lidl staff let customer know phone torch is on.

“The lady working on the checkout at Lidl told a customer that she had accidentally turned her torch on when using the Lidl plus app – I thought it was kind because she hadn’t noticed due to the bright lights in the shop.” What a great example – nobody needs their battery being run down

A large glass fronted McDonald’s store viewed from the outside.

Delivery driver picks up dropped wallet in McDonald’s.

“When I was in MacDonald’s the other day someone picked up my wallet for me that I dropped, and because I was noticeably struggling to hold everything hence the purse drop, they then held doors open for me. It was a delivery driver. I didn’t notice which one coz I was all flustered and having

four people running towards the camera obscured by a poof of thick red mist which hides their heads.

Who photographs the photographer?

“I was photographing the university cheerleaders Christmas ball and 2 hours into the event someone came up to me and asked if I would like my photo taken. This really made my evening and even though the photos she took were out of focus and unusable it was lovely to have been asked. I have